58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that the characters of Vasquez in Aliens (1986) and the stepmother in Terminator 2 (1991) were played by the same actor, Jenette Goldstein, apparently donning brownface for the earlier rolelemmy.worldimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTIL that the characters of Vasquez in Aliens (1986) and the stepmother in Terminator 2 (1991) were played by the same actor, Jenette Goldstein, apparently donning brownface for the earlier rolelemmy.world58008@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt might not seem like it now but Vasquez was a groundbreaking character at the time.
minus-squarekata1yst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoBadass female grunt soldier treated by her fellow soldiers as a soldier first and foremost.
minus-squareBigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoShe has the most iconic line from my youth. Some soldier, saying to Vasquez who’s doing pull-ups: hey Vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man To which she replies: no, have you? Also the way she dies is bad ass. I mean next to Ripley, the android and the little girl, she’s the most memorable character in that movie.
It might not seem like it now but Vasquez was a groundbreaking character at the time.
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Badass female grunt soldier treated by her fellow soldiers as a soldier first and foremost.
She has the most iconic line from my youth.
Some soldier, saying to Vasquez who’s doing pull-ups: hey Vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man To which she replies: no, have you?
Also the way
she
dies is bad ass.
I mean next to Ripley, the android and the little girl, she’s the most memorable character in that movie.